Brewery Ommegang is a Belgian farmhouse style brewery a few miles south of the village of Cooperstown.Post-Standard file photo

Cooperstown's Brewery Ommegang, one of the state's most successful craft breweries, opened up its brewhouse recently to accommodate a crew from the Hurricane Sandy-devastated Barrier Brewing Co. on Long Island.

Barrier's brewhouse suffered more than $100,000 in damage during the storm at the end of October.

Ommegang brewed more than 400 kegs of a Belgian-style IPA called Barrier Relief Ale, using a recipe devised by the Long Island brewery. (It's reported to be the hoppiest beer ever brewed at Ommegang).

The beer will be distributed, primarily in the New York City area, by the start of January. Proceeds will help restore Barrier, which hopes to be brewing again before the end of the year.

The first of these beers, called Iron Throne Blonde Ale, will be released March 31, to coincide with the debut of the show's third season. The beers, created by Ommegang brewmaster Phil Leinhart, will be based on the show's themes and characters.